I've casually followed you for a year or so now and for some reason every video now is sponsored, which is weird cause i swear you had a "breaking up with vercel" not long ago video that made it sound like you were aware people didn't like sponsors.
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So I'm still confused. He says in the vid:
1. He loses out on $$ by only picking sponsors he trusts/uses
2. He needs more $$ so hes going to stop doing that
and then he also says his getting paid by a sponsor has created ill will & lack of trust, so he dropped that sponsor.
The last point clashes with the others, and now hes accepting tons and tons of sponsors after saying he understands that sponsors cause distrust? Something aint making sense here.
It's the difference between a Channel Sponsor vs Video Sponsors, I think.
For a Channel Sponsor, it caused distrust that they may be affecting *all* of his videos, whereas a specific ad spot in a single video is more self-contained.
yeah, and what is even more annoying is when they try to making the ad more integrated with content or more fun and interesting (like sometimes you watched half a minute of ad without realizing). this kind of practice ruins the creator authenticity for me, leads to me wondering if this is an ad ?
I hate ads in general and see them as a net harm. I think the ethical position is to simply rely on paying members directly and gate a large portion of content behind it.
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1. He loses out on $$ by only picking sponsors he trusts/uses
2. He needs more $$ so hes going to stop doing that
and then he also says his getting paid by a sponsor has created ill will & lack of trust, so he dropped that sponsor.
For a Channel Sponsor, it caused distrust that they may be affecting *all* of his videos, whereas a specific ad spot in a single video is more self-contained.
I don't know why they think integrating ad in their hard worked creation is a good idea.
I (maybe most people) just want complete opposite of this take:
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxkhcOFFF4i7aIJ9N8-0G5nvmY6zZ4b6Rt
(Veritasium (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA) , huge if true (https://www.youtube.com/@CleoAbram)) , let me know this part is just an ad, not an authentic recommendation from you.